RIP, Molly Ivins
February 1st, 2007
Public figures come and go all the time. But losing Molly Ivins to breast cancer this week makes me especially sad. Women are still a big fat minority in the land of newspaper columns, syndicated or otherwise. Outspoken, uproarious, rabble-rousing, politically charged women who make fun of the president even more so. Here’s a lovely tribute that one of Molly’s editors wrote about her. ‘Bye, Molly. Thanks for your ability to inspire hope and laughter no matter how sucky things got.
Entry Filed under: Glass ceiling, She's the boss
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1. Janna Cawrse | February 1st, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Just finished listening to her on KUOW tonight. So funny and so sharp. I couldn’t find a podcast of what I just heard, but here’s the tribute from NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7115663
Happily,
Janna
2. Michelle Goodman | February 2nd, 2007 at 5:24 am
ooooh, thanks for the link, janna.
3. Michelle Goodman | February 2nd, 2007 at 9:46 am
new salon.com article on molly (you have to watch an ad to see it if you don’t subscribe to the site):
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/02/02/molly_ivins/?source=newsletter
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